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Headlines for March 28, 2012ELUSIVE BURURI LONG-FINGERED FROG FOUND AFTER 62 YEAR
Herpetologists from the California Academy of Sciences and University of Texas at El Paso discovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila) during a research expedition ...ZHOGHOVURD: ARMENIAN NA SPEAKER AND ‘SECRET BUSINESS TRIPS'
In response to the article entitled "Travel bug" a member of the Armenian Parliament staff got in touch with the newspaper. He said that, following their official visit to Almaty, Parliament Speaker Samvel ...BRAZIL TAKES ON WEBSITES PROMOTING SEX TOURISM
Brazil has taken on more than 2,000 websites that promote Latin America's biggest country as a sex tourism destination, the Tourism Ministry said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. In 2011, ...ARMENIA, IRAN TO FOUND WILD-LIFE PARK
Armenia and Iran plan to found a wildlife park in Nurduz, said Sadig Najaf, Director of the Arag free economic zone, Iran. The IRNA news agency reports that the project is aimed at advocating wild-life. ...OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE UNVEILS REPORT ON POLICE
Continuing to present its findings on the activities of different state agencies, the Armenian Ombudsman's office has now targeted the police, identifying the gaps and achievements in the system in 2011.
The ...CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLISHES VOTER LISTS
Ahead of the parliamentary polls slated for May 6, Armenia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has published the electoral registers, enabling citizens to ensure previously that they are properly registered. ...OSCE MONITORING ON LINE OF CONTACT
An OSCE mission is to conduct regular monitoring of the Line of Contact between Azerbaijani and Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces, on March 29. On the Armenian side the monitoring will be conducted by Ambassador ...AGRICULTURAL MARKET OF GREAT HELP TO VILLAGERS - DEPUTY MINISTER
Profiteers' entrance to the agricultural market will be strictly banned this year, a deputy minister of agriculture has said. Robert Makaryan told reporters on Wednesday that the market, organized in ...ARMENIAN NA DELEGATION LEAVES FOR UAE
An Armenian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, which participated in the meeting of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Almaty, Kazakhstan, set off a visit to the ...RESEARCHERS GO DEEPER INTO DOLPHINS' SOCIAL NETWORK
Male dolphins have a very open but complex social structure, similar to that of human males, ABC reports, referring to researchers. Professor Bill Sherwin, of the University of New South Wales, and colleagues, ...CALCUTTA ARMENIANS IN BBC'S PHOTO SERIES
BBC News has prepared a unique photo series about the ethnic Armenians of Calcutta. It says that the Armenians - a one-time wealthy and influential group in the multicultural Indian city, have now turned ...ACTIVISTS TO DISMANTLE KIOSKS IN YEREVAN PARK
An activists' group protesting against the construction of kiosks in Yerevan's Mashtots Park are planning dismantle the constructions on Saturday. In a letter to Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan, the ...SPACE BRIDGE 'ATISEISMIC CONSTRUCTION: EXPERIENCE AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES'
The RIA Novosti international press center hosted on Wednesday a Yerevan-Moscow-Astana-Kishnev space bridge on "Antiseismic construction: experience and new technologies." Zaven Khlgatyan, Head of the ...2.7 MAGNITUDE QUAKE ROCKS ARTASHAT TOWN
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was registered 5 km north off the town of Artashat earlier today. The hypocenter depth was 7 km; the quake strength in the epicenter was 3-4 points. The jolts, measuring 3 ...SARDARAPAT GROUP TO UNVEIL ROAD MAP FOR ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT
The Armenian nationalist movement Sardarapat is going to unveil a road map towards creating an alternative government in the country, Zhirayr Sefilyan, the founder of the activists' group, has said. ...GREEK ELECTIONS LIKELY TO BE HELD ON MAY 6
Greece most likely will hold elections on May 6 to replace the caretaker government of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, a senior government official said Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, ...ARMENIAN UNION OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS CHAIRMAN ON NUP LEADER'S POLITICAL DEATH
Artashes Geghamyan, Chairman of the National Unity Party (NUP), is a political corpse, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Chairman of the Union of Political Scientists of Armenia, told Tert.am, as he commented on Geghamyan's ...HAVING MODERN COUNTRY IS KEY CHALLENGE - ARF-D REP
Building a modern country is one of the key challenges facing Armenia today, according to Lilit Galstyan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) faction in parliament. ...WB SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR GEORGIA'S KAKHETI REGION
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a loan in the amount of US$60 million to Georgia for the Regional Development Project.
The project objective is to improve infrastructure services ...ARMENIAN PREMIER VISITS EUROTERM COMPANY
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited on Wednesday the Euroterm Company. Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Robert Sahakyan and other officials accompanied the ...BUSINESSMAN POLITICIAN NOT REGISTERED AS CANDIDATE
A district electoral commission in capital Yerevan has refused to register businessman politician Khachatur Sukiasyan as a candidate for the May 6 parliamentary election. The decision to reject Sukiasyan ...PRESIDENT DISCUSSES INVESTMENT POTENTIALS WITH SINGAPOREAN BUSINESSMEN
As part of his state visit to Singapore, President Serzh Sargsyan met with representatives of the country's influential business circles to discuss bilateral collaboration potentials and possibilities ...HACKERS TARGET US DATING WEBSITE
LulzSec, the hacking group who broke into a number of websites in the spring of 2011, is back - at least in name, The Guardian reported.
Following the arrest and charging in the US, UK and Ireland of ...IRAN TO RESUME NUCLEAR TALKS ON APRIL 13
Long-stalled talks between Iran and world powers are to be revived on April 13 at a place yet to be agreed, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Wednesday, AFP reported,
"The date ...SARKOZY PROMISES DIFFERENT PRESIDENTIAL STYLE
France's Nicolas Sarkozy is promising a different presidential style if re-elected in May, admitting in a magazine interview that he had reacted too impulsively at times and behaved more like a minister ...YEREVAN MAYOR VISITS ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITES
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan has conducted a tour to the road construction sites of the capital city to familiarize himself with the current activities on the highways. According to a press release ...US AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR FAIR AND CREDIBLE ELECTION (VIDEO)
Ahead of the May 6 parliamentary election, US Ambassador to Armenia John Haffern has delivered a new address, calling on the Armenian authorities, political parties and civil society organizations to ...HERITAGE PARTY OPENS CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Raffi Hovannisian, the founder and leader the opposition Heritage party and a top candidate on the political force's parliamentary list, announced today the opening of their campaign headquarters.
According ...ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN NOT READY TO SOLVE KARABAKH CONFLICT - BRYZA
Azerbaijan and Armenia are not yet ready to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, according to Matthew Bryza, a former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and a former US Ambassador to Azerbaiajn. "The ...ARMENIAN VOTERS' NUMBER TOPS 2008 RECORDS
Armenia's voting-age population has increased by 173,927 since the 2008 presidential polls, the recent lists suggest. According to the electoral regsters unveiled by the Police earlier today, there are ...ERDOGAN-AHMADINEJAD MEETING POSTPONED
A scheduled meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was postponed on Wednesday after Iran said the president is suffering of gastrorrhagia, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1799 Birth of Eone Kish (Kishian), Hungarian Armenian revolutionary figure.
- 1827 General Ivan Paskevich is appointed Governor of the Caucasus and Commander of the Caucasian Special Corps.
- 1830 Birth of organist, conductor, teacher, and public figure, Anton Mayilian in Tbilissi.
- 1907 Birth of surgeon Ivan Gevorgian. He invented pain-killers and pioneered new ways for blood transfusion.
- 1920 The Drama Institute presents its first play.
- 1923 Birth of two-time hero and pilot Nelson Stepanian. The group of pilots led by Nelson Stepanian sank more than 50 enemy ships and destroyed 13 airplanes in World War Two. Nelson Stepanian flew 240 sorties. He died in a dogfight in 1944.
- 1928 Birth of artist and sculptor Ara Harootoonian. His great architectural work is the Sardarapat complex.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR rejects Artsakh's demand to be reunited with Armenia.
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